Tamilnadu News Headlines

Tamil Nadu Headlines

India TodayA poster of the film Komban From books to movies, Tamil Nadu has an unenviable recent record of killing almost any form of non-conformist or dissenting work of creative expression. Just as the debate now rages over freedom of expression across the ...

NDTVChennai: The family of an engineer who was working with the Tamil Nadu government till he killed himself in February has denied that it is being pressured by the ruling AIADMK to drop the police case. S Muthukumarasamy, an engineer with the Agriculture...

FirstpostHis impressive filmography includes Vaaranam Aayiram, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV), Kaakha Kaakha and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. Most actors in the Tamil film industry want to work with him because a film with Gautham sets their career on a different...

,Business StandardTamil Nadu's ranking got a boost after Andhra Pradesh, which earlier had the most number of SEZs, was divided into two last year. Now the new state of Telangana, along with Maharashtra and Karnataka, occupies the second spot, each with 25 SEZs, while...

The HinduOver the past decade, successive governments in the State have spent nearly $2 billion (Rs.11,561 crore) on just three freebie schemes – colour television sets, laptops and household appliances. These sops might have been acceptable when the State had...

The HinduThree Sri Lankan Navy personnel, including two officers, have been detained by the police here under the anti-terrorism Act for the alleged murder of a popular Tamil lawmaker in 2006 that snowballed into a major human rights issue for the then government.

Times of IndiaKARUR: Four engineering students were killed and 16 others were injured when a truck hit a college bus at Poigaiputhur in the Karur district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday morning. All the deceased and the injured were girl students studying at the Chettinad...

,Business StandardComparing Tamil Nadu's debt position with that of the neighbouring states, he said in 2015-16, the debt-GSDP ratio of Andhra Pradesh was estimated to be around 25.05 per cent, Karnataka at 23.61 per cent, Kerala 26.95 per cent and West Bengal at 32.61...

The Indian ExpressThe family of Tamil Nadu agriculture department engineer Muthukumarasamy, who committed suicide on February 20, allegedly under political pressure from a minister's office, vacated their Tirunelveli house Friday night. Sources close to the family said ...

,Economic TimesCHENNAI: The Rs 25,000-crore liquor industry in Tamil Nadu may appear to be a lucrative business place for the state's sugar mills, but a tough tax structure, having the effect of favouring imports from other states, has begun to draw some flak at home.

Times of IndiaTIRUVARUR: As many as five workers were killed and 16 others were injured when a portion of a three-storey under construction building collapsed on the Central University campus at Nagakudi in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning.

The HinduAn all-party delegation of 55 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, led by Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai, explained to the Prime Minister the long struggle in securing the rights of the State on the Cauvery river...--